Laura Ľupťáková (; born 30 August 1995) is a Slovak model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned
Miss Slovensko 2014 and
Miss Universe Slovenskej Republiky 2019. She represented Slovakia at the
Miss World 2014 competition and again at the
Miss Universe 2019 competition.
Biography
Longauerová was born on 30 August 1995 in
Banská Bystrica
Banská Bystrica (, also known by other #Etymology, alternative names) is a city in central Slovakia, located on the Hron River in a long and wide valley encircled by the mountain chains of the Low Tatras, the Greater Fatra, Veľká Fatra, and t ...
, but grew up in
Detva. She studied Finances and Accounting at the
University of Economics in Prague, at Czech Republic while working as a Sales Management Assistant at
Mercedes-Benz
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.
Pageantry
Miss Slovensko 2014
She competed at Miss Slovensko 2014 on April 11, 2014. She won and was given the right to represent her country at the
Miss World 2014 competition.
Miss World 2014
She represented Slovakia at the
Miss World 2014 competition held on December 14, 2014, at the
ExCeL London,
London
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, United Kingdom. She failed to place.
Miss Intercontinental Slovakia 2018
Laura returned to pageantry as she competed at Miss Intercontinental Slovakia 2018 where she won and given the right to represent Slovakia at the Miss Intercontinental 2018 pageant.
Miss Intercontinental 2018
Laura competed at Miss Intercontinental 2018 held at the
Mall of Asia Arena,
Pasay
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in the Philippines on January 26, 2019. She finished as the second runner-up to the eventual winner who was
Karen Gallman of the Philippines. During the continental crowning, she was crowned as Miss Intercontinental Europe. She's also second runner-up on a special award named Miss Playa Calatagan.
Miss Universe Slovenskej Republiky 2019
In collaboration with the 2019
Česká Miss competition. Laura won at Miss Universe Slovenskej Republiky 2019. As the winner of the competition, she got two prizes: 100,000 euros and an apartment at
Prague
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,
Czech Republic
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.
Miss Universe 2019
As Miss Universe Slovenskej Republiky, she represented Slovakia at the
Miss Universe 2019 competition, but was unplaced.
Personal life
From 2019 to 2020 she was in a relationship with the footballer
Dávid Hancko
Dávid Hancko (born 13 December 1997) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or left-back for Eredivisie club Feyenoord and the Slovakia national team.
Club career MŠK Žilina
Hancko made his Slovak Super Liga debut for ...
. In August 2023 she married her long term partner Martin Ľupťák.
References
External links
Official Miss Universe Slovenskej Republiky website
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1995 births
Living people
Slovak female models
Slovak beauty pageant winners
Miss World 2014 delegates
Miss Universe 2019 contestants
People from Banská Bystrica
Prague University of Economics and Business alumni